Pack Creek and Admiralty Island Bear Viewing Tour

From Juneau, fly to a place where there are more brown bears than people.

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Starting at:
$939 / per person

Duration:
8 hours

Departure time:
Various times depending on tides and weather.

Dates:
May 11 - September 10, 2023, depending on permits (NO tours from June 19 through July 20)

Child age:
12 years old minimum

Tour overview:
This Juneau day tour takes visitors to bear viewing at Pack Creek on Admiralty Island, part of Admiralty Island National Monument, a federally protected wilderness area administered by the Tongass National Forest. It allows visitors to experience bears at home in the forests of the Kootznoowoo Wilderness. This wilderness encompasses vast stands of old-growth temperate rainforest and is prime habitat for brown bears, bald eagles, and Sitka black-tailed deer.

Your full-day bear-viewing fun begins with a transfer to the Juneau International Airport. Here you will receive an orientation and board a classic Alaska floatplane for an approximately 25-minute flight to Admiralty Island. Along the way, your guide will point out the topography and natural features of Admiralty Island seen out your window. You may be lucky and see whales or bears on the beach as you approach the island! Your aircraft will land on the water and taxi to the beach, where you will offload. Once on the beach, you will spend approximately 5 hours in Alaska bear country, walking about a mile within the viewing estuary where bears will likely be seen foraging or fishing for salmon. Afterward, board your flight back to Juneau.

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Day Tour Details

What's Included:

Transfers from central downtown location to airport
Roundtrip scenic flight to Admiralty Island
Guided bear viewing
Box lunch and snack
All taxes and fees

Physical Activity: Due to safety concerns, participants must be able to get in and out of the floatplane and walk to the end of a narrow float, stepping down into knee high water and wading to shore without any kind of railing or support for assistance (short distance). Once on shore participants may be on their feet for as much as 2 hours at a time, and must be capable of walking in high grass, uneven, muddy and watery ground in knee high rubber boots or good waterproof hiking boots. Participants will be outside exposed to the weather for the duration of the ground portion of the tour in areas without shelter including days that may be cool, wet and windy. No restroom facilities available.

Required at Booking: Full name including middle name(s) as per ID, date of birth, and body weight. Children have to be at least 12 years old to participate in this tour.

Special Terms: Cancellation Policy: Up to 31 days prior: $150 per person cancellation fee 30 to 0 days prior: 100% cancellation fee/ non-refundable If the tour is cancelled the day of tour due to weather the National Forest Service Fee of $75 per person will be charged, the rest is refundable.

Everything went smooth. The booking process was great and it provided all the details of the various tours. We visited Juneau, Glacier Bay, and Denali. The tour involved multiple modes of transportation and it was very well organized.

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Pack Creek and Admiralty Island Bear Viewing Tour

From Juneau, fly to a place where there are more brown bears than people.

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